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Braskem, the leader in the Latin American thermoplastic resins market, was founded in August 2002, when Odebrecht and the Mariani and Copene Petroquimica do Nordeste companies integrated their petrochemical assets.

In addition, converters can use NatureFlexT NK as a basis for delivering further flexible 'bio-solutions', by associating it with compatible biofilms such as thermoplastic starches and copolyesters, "said Andy Sweetman,

Over the years sealing applications have evolved from the traditional rubber and rubber-fabric seal constructions to a design which has a face of hard wearing thermoplastic polyester elastomer in contact with the bore, whereas the older design relies on a nitrile rubber dynamic sealing element.

The gland seal design continues to include a plastic anti-extrusion ring, but is now of a larger section to withstand the increased metal-to-metal gaps which are the result of using bearing strip, the sealing material is now a responsive hydrolysis-resistant thermoplastic polyurethane, energised by a nitrile element.